Those Subject to Enrollment on the National Health Insurance Service
International students studying in Korea on D-2(Overseas study) or D-4(general training) visas are subject to a mandatory subscription to National health insurance(March 1, 2021).
* Insurance Fee: About KRW 43,490 / Month
Enrollment Time
The National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) handles insurance subscription for international students as follows:
- First entry: Registration date
- Reentry: Reentry date
*Those eligible to request exemption from enrollment in the National Health Insurance and documents to prepare (especially for Japanese students)
- Only foreign insurance subscribed to before a long-term stay in Korea (alien registration etc.) is acknowledged.
- If you have a contract with a foreign insurance company and user, you can request an enrollment exemption for a year. If the relevant period has passed, you need to request enrollment exemption once again.
Insurance Benefits
- Service of providing service benefits (health care benefits and health checkups) and cash benefits (care expenses and appliance expenses for the disabled, etc.) as set forth by the law for health promotion, childbirth, and death, as well as for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation of the insured or their dependents’ diseases or injuries
※ Your health insurance benefits are the same as those of the citizens of the Republic of Korea. - The amount the insured will pay for medical expenses: Those getting health care benefits will pay only part of their medical expenses, according to Article 44 of the Act.
Outpatient care: The insured will pay 30-60%, depending on the type and location of the health care institution
Hospitalization care: The insured will pay 20% of the total health care expenses.
Health checkup
According to the birth year (once a year for non-office workers), general screening is provided once every two years. In 2021, those in odd-numbered years are screened.
Further information is available from the below link(official site of National health insurace service)